BUYER MARJORY ALLEWELT BUYER On May 5, 2008, MARJORY ALLEWELT BUYER, of Rockville, MD. Wife of Royal; mother of David (Jennifer), Anne (Thomas) Kelly, Mardith (Mark) Christianson and Janet (Kimball Watts) Buyer. Predeceased by daughter Nancy Ruth. Sister of Richard (Doris) Allewelt; grandmother of eight precious grandchildren, and aunt to numerous nieces and nephews. A private memorial service will be held. Donations in her memory can be made to MD.GASP (an anti-smoking organization), PO Box 863, Bowie, MD, 20718-0863. Please include her name with the donation.

Marjory Allewelt Buyer, 78, a retired secretary, school aide and volunteer, died May 5 of complications of emphysema at her home in Rockville.

Mrs. Buyer came to the Washington region in 1966 and was an aide at Flower Valley Elementary School in Rockville for 13 years. She was also a precinct election judge and a volunteer secretary with the PTA, her citizens' association and community pool board.

She led troops for the Cub Scouts and Blue Birds, formerly a branch of Camp Fire USA, and volunteered for political campaigns.

Mrs. Buyer was born in Somers Point, N.J., attended West Chester University of Pennsylvania and worked for a pharmaceutical firm in Philadelphia. She had lived in Rockville since 1967.

A daughter, Nancy Ruth Buyer, died in 2001.

Survivors include her husband of 53 years, Royal Buyer of Rockville; four children, David Buyer of Sparta, N.J., Anne Kelly of Frederick, Mardith Christianson of Olney and Janet Buyer of Gaithersburg; a brother; and eight grandchildren.